[10/28/08 - 02:58 PM]Cartoon Network Scares Up Best October Kids 6-11 Prime Ratings, Delivery Since 2004; Best Kids 2-11 Prime Ratings, Delivery Since 2005Cartoon Network further spins the numbers for the month of October.

Monthly Prime Time Performance Grows Between 24% to 30% Among Kids 6-11 and Kids 2-11; Best October Prime Time Delivery Among Tweens 9-14 in Network History

Total Day Delivery Sets Network Record as Best October Performance Ever Among Kids 6-11, Tweens 9-14

Thursday's Total Drama Island and Friday's Star Wars: The Clone Wars Beat Their 2007 Time Periods by 60% to 100%

Powered by two new series premieres and a month of all-new Goosebumps episodes, Cartoon Network scored remarkable double-digit ratings and delivery gains over its October 2008 prime time performance across all its targeted kid demos compared to last year, according to preliminary data from Nielsen Media Research. The network's Thursday night comedy franchise, Har Har Tharsdays (8-10 p.m.), and its Friday night line-up of action-adventure series (8-11 p.m.) each charted between 23% to 38% growth among key kids demos compared to the same 2007 time periods. Individual series Total Drama Island (Thursday, 9 p.m.) and Star Wars: The Clone Wars (Friday, 9 p.m.) served as the respective programming anchors each night, surpassing their 2007 time period performances anywhere from 60% to 100%. Sunday night's movie franchise FLICKS (7-9 p.m.) also contributed 32% to 35% ratings and delivery growth among kids 2-11, 6-11 and 9-14 vs. October 2007.

Overall, the October 2008 prime time performance resulted in Cartoon Network's best kids 6-11 delivery and ratings since October 2004, and its best kids 2-11 delivery and ratings since October 2005. Additionally, Cartoon Network's total day performance across October 2008 set new records with the best October delivery among kids 6-11 and best tweens 9-14 delivery and ratings in network history, growing from 6% to 8% compared to last year. Har Har Tharsdays this October featured all-new episodes of the spine-tingling comedy Goosebumps (Thursday, 8 p.m. and 8:30 p.m.), which earned solid double-digit growth over the 2007 time period among kids 6-11 (19% with ratings, 18% with delivery) and kids 2-11 (11% with ratings, 12% with delivery). Total Drama Island (9 p.m.) then followed with new episodes that garnered 72% ratings and 75% delivery growth among kids 6-11, and 64% ratings and 63% delivery growth among tweens 9-14.

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RATING PERIOD: 09/29/08 � 10/26/08 SOURCE: Turner Entertainment Research from Preliminary Nielsen Media Research data, based on most current data available (Live+SD). Complete and final data (Live+7) will be available in two weeks. These television ratings data are reproduced here with permission from Nielsen Media Research. Reproduction of these data in volume, without permission from Nielsen Media Research, is prohibited. NOTES: All ratings based on Total U.S. Television Universe of 114,500,000 homes.